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an unorganized society necessarily adopts to pass away the hours nnemployed in the mines. The people had perfect confidence in the code of the Vigilantes, and many of them scouted the idea of there being any better law for their protection. They had made up their minds to punish all law- breakers, and there were many who did not hesi- tate to declare to the newly arrived officers, that while the courts might be called upon in the set- tlement of civil cases, the people wanted no other laws in dealing with horse-thieves, robbers, and murderers, than the ones they themselves had made. This feeling, though not so general as was claimed for it, was quite prevalent at that time among the miners. As soon, however, as they found the courts adequate to their necessities, they readily conformed to the laws and their adminis- tration after the manner prescribed by the gov- ernment, and the Vigilante rule gradually disappeared. In several extreme cases they anticipated by immediate action the slower pro- cesses of law, but this occurred only when the offence was of a very aggravated character.
Some of the leading newspapers of the nation, and the people of many of the older communities where the hand of the law was strong, and suffi- cient for the protection of all, have denounced
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the action of the Vigilantes as cruel, barbarous, and criminal ; but none of them have had the perspicacity to discover any milder or more effica- cious substitute, - though apologies and excuses for the murderers have been numerous and per- sistent. The facts narrated in these volumes are a sufficient reply to these hastily formed opinions. The measures adopted were strictly defensive, and those who resorted to them knew full well that when the federal courts should be organized, they themselves would in turn be held accountable before the law for any unwarrantable exercise of power in applying them. The necessity of the hour was their justification. Too much credit can never be awarded to the brave and noble men who put them in force. They checked the emi- gration into Montana of a large criminal popula- tion, and thereby prevented the complete exter- mination of its peace-loving people, and its abandonment by those who have since demon- strated, by a development of its varied resources, its capacity for becoming an immense industrial State of the Union. They opened up the way for an increasing tide of emigration from the East, to this new and delightful portion of our country. They sought mainly to protect every man in the enjoyment of his own, and to afford
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every citizen equal opportunity to seek for and obtain the hoarded wealth of the unexplored mountains and gulches in the richest portion of the continent. They made laws for a country without law, and executed them with a vigor suited to every exigency.
Not one of that large cosmopolitan community who faced the realities of brigand domination and aggression, ever complained of the means by which they were terminated. The change was as welcome to them as sunlight to the flowers, or rain to the parched earth. It changed their fear into courage, and their despondency into hope. It cheered them with the promise that their hard toil and coarse fare would eventuate in good, and that the star which had led them from homes of comfort to these distant wilds, did not, -
"Meteor-like, flame lawless through the skies."
A marked improvement soon became visible in all classes of society. Pistols were no longer fired, and bowie-knives were no longer flourished in the saloons. Gambling, though still followed as a pursuit by many, was freed from all danger- ous concomitants, and the hurdy-gurdy houses wore an appearance of decency and order that they had not known before. An air of civil restraint
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took the place of recklessness in personal deport- ment, and men lived and acted as if they had suddenly found something in the community worthy of their respect. This enforced reforma- tion was only to be preserved by a rigid observ- ance of the regulations which had produced it. There were hundreds of men in the Territory ready to take advantage of the smallest relaxation, to rush again into organized robbery and murder. The Vigilantes understood this, and that there might be no mistaking their intentions, they pur- sued every criminal, from the greatest to the smallest, oftentimes aiding the civil authorities, and suffering no guilty man who fell into their hands to escape punishment.
A quarter of a century has elapsed since the United States Congress gave to Montana a terri- torial government. At that time it was the wildest and least inhabited portion of our national domain. A very small portion of it only had been reclaimed from the savage tribes which had inhabited it for centuries - the few whites who had gone there holding it by an occupancy so nearly divided between the lovers and the violators of law and order, that it was next to impossible to convert it into a peaceful, law-abiding community. There was nothing in the writings of early ex-
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plorers to render it attractive for any of the pur- poses of permanent settlement. Captains Lewis and Clarke, who explored this region in 1804-5- 6, had told of its great rivers and valleys, its rocks and its mountains, and the numerous nomadic tribes which subsisted upon the herds of buffaloes, elks, and antelopes, that fed on its perennial grasses. . Their story had been repeated in more graphic form by Washington Irving in his version of Captain Bonneville's expedition. Trappers and hunters belonging to the Northwest- ern and American fur companies, had told many thrilling adventures of their frequent conflicts with Indians and grizzlies ; but no one had ever testified to the vast wealth of its mountains and gulches, the surpassing fertility of its valleys and plains, and the navigability and water facilities of its wonderful rivers. The possibility that it could ever become anything more than a field for fur- hunters, or a reserve for some of our Indian tribes, had never been seriously considered by any one. All the worst crimes known to the Decalogue stained its infant annals, until, roused by a spirit of self-defence, the sober-minded and resolute population visited in their might with condign punishment the organized bands of ruffians which had preyed upon their lives and property. These,
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as we have seen, were speedily swept away from the face of the earth, and the organization of the Territory was then complete. To-day Montana is the most attractive of all the Territories recently admitted into the Union. With a large and increasing population dwelling in cities, agricul- tural and mining districts, it is rapidly growing into one of the most powerful States of the Union. Favored by nature with a healthful climate, and with seasons of heat and cold equally distributed, it cannot fail to give birth to a hardy, vigorous, and enterprising people. The development of its vast and varied resources has just commenced, yet, under its inspiring influence, large cities have sprung up, manufactories have been established, vast valleys subdued, great rail- roads constructed, and the work of a steady and increasing improvement made everywhere visible throughout its borders.
Many of the noble-hearted pioneers who placed themselves in the van of this movement have passed away. Montana, now a State of the Union, may well mourn the loss of such courageous spirits as James Stuart, Walter Dance, Neil Howie, John Fetherstun, Dr. Glick, John X. Beidler, and many more who have not lived to see her in her day of grandeur and triumph. A time should
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never come when the memory of these men should cease to be venerated. It should never be forgotten that Montana owes its present free- dom from crime, its present security for life and property, to the early achievements of these self- denying men, and of their comrades who still survive; who established law where no law existed, spoke order into existence when all order was threatened with destruction, declared peace where all was anarchy, and laid broad and deep the foundations of a great and populous State amid the perils of robbery and bloodshed. Equal in degree to the sacrifices made by the brave sol- diers of the war who saved our Republie, were the deeds of those who saved the Territory from rapine and slaughter. Like them, the graves of the dead should be crowned with flowers, and the pathway of the living be brightened with the rewards of a grateful people.
Standing in the valley of the Mississippi, and beholding its marvellous development, we talk of the West - its cities, its agriculture, its progress - with rapture ; we point to it with pride, as the latest and noblest illustration of our republican system of government ; but beyond the West which we so much admire and eulogize, there is another West where the work of development is
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just commencing : a land where but a quarter of a century ago, all was bare creation ; whose val- leys, now teeming with fruition, had then never cheered the vision of civilized man ; whose rivers, now bordered by thousands of happy homes, then rolled in solitary grandeur to their union with the Missouri and the Columbia ; - a land whose rugged features, civilization with all its attendant bless- ings has softened, and where an empire has sprung up as if by enchantment ; - a land where all the advantages and resources of the West of yesterday are increased, and varied, and spread out upon a scale of magnificence that knows no parallel, and which fills the full measure of Berkeley's prophecy, --
" Westward the course of Empire takes its way. The first four acts already past,
A fifth shall close the drama with the day. Time's noblest offspring is the last."
INDEX.
Acquittal of Charley Forbes, i. 365. Acquittal of Patterson, i. 208.
Action of Congress on N. W. boundary, i. 69.
Adams, President, orders troops to Ohio, i. 32.
Aden, Joseph, contract with Da- vid Opdyke, ii. 349; Opdyke causes his arrest, ii. 350.
Affection for the Parson, i. 335. Agreement for joint occupation terminated, i. 70.
Alarm of our Government, i. 35. Alder Gulch, description of, i. 352; settlement of, i. 376; wealth of, i. 392.
Alleghanies, people west of, i. 12.
Allen, Charles, is killed by How- ard, ii. 108.
Americans become Spanish sub- jects, i. 15; follow the Mexi- cans, ii. 357.
American statesmen, fears of, i. 55.
A modern Haman, ii. 335. Amusing court incident, i. 358. An apt Bible text, i. 329.
A night on the Mexican trail, ii. 357.
An interesting adventure, ii. 385.
Ankeny, Capt., takes Beachy down Umatilla rapids, ii. 129. Antonio de Sedella, commissary of Inquisition, i. 19; is re- turned to Cadiz, i. 20.
Anxiety of English fellow-pas- senger, ii. 445.
Appeals of Hayes Lyons for mercy, i. 368.
Apprehensions of American statesmen, i. 55; groundless, i. 60.
A race for life, i. 299.
Arnett, Wm., arrives from Elk City, i. 218; shot by Fox and Bull, i. 218.
Arrest of Happy Harry, i. 138; Henry Plummer, ii. 165; Ned Ray, ii. 165; Buck Stinson, ii. 165; Boone Helm, Jack Galla- gher, Frank Parish, Hayes Lyons, and Club-foot George, ii. 187; Steve Marshland, ii. 208; Bill Bunton, ii. 211 ; Cy- rus Skinner, ii. 216; Alex Car- ter, ii. 216; Johnny Cooper, ii. 217; Geo. Shears, at Van Dorn's, ii. 219; Bob Zachary, ii. 219; Slade, ii. 316; Dowdle Bill, ii. 441; Charley Forbes, Hayes Lyons, and Buck Stin- son for murder of Dillingham, i. 361.
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Arrival in Walla Walla of Char- ley Harper, i. 105; of emi- grants at Fort Benton, i. 215; of Boone Helm at the Dalles, i. 160; of Jack Simmons and party at Sioux City, ii. 410. Assassination of "Fat Jack," i. 180; of Neselrode, i. 180.
Astoria, settlement of, i. 65 ; res- toration of, i. 66.
Astor's expedition, i. 65. A strange history, i. 120. Atkinson, Dr., i. 215.
Attack on Oliver's coach, i. 410; Sheep-eater Indians, i. 250.
Attempted journey to Camp Floyd, Utah, i. 160.
Attempts to intimidate Jack Rus- sell, i. 222.
Ault, John, arrival of, at Fort Benton, i. 216.
A weird scene, i. 236.
Bad lands of the Yellowstone, ii. 389.
Bagg, IIon. Charles S., prose- cutes Geo. Ives, ii. 68.
Ball, Smith, attempts to arrest Pizanthia, ii. 175; is shot by Pizanthia, ii. 175.
Bancroft, Geo., prophecy of, i. I. Banfield, pistol fight with Dick Sapp, i. 312; shot by Reeves, i. 314; dies of his wounds, i. 316.
Banishment of Happy Harry, i. 138; 1I. P. A. Smith, ii. 233 ; Thurmond, ii. 233.
Bannack chiefs, i. 338.
Bannack, irruption of robbers into, i. 240; its isolation, i. 328; lawlessness, i. 249; union league, i. 382; execution of Plummer at, ii. 169; execution of Ray at, ii. 167; execution of, Stinson at, ii. 168; execu- tion of Pizanthia at, ii. 177; execution of Dutch John at, ii. 183.
Barnhardt, Martin, fight with Tom Peasley, ii. 283; kills Peasley, ii. 284; is killed by Peasley, ii. 284.
Baron de Carondelet, i. 28. Battle of Bear River, i. 337. Beach, member of Opdyke's gang, ii. 344 ; hanged by Vigi- lantes in 1865, ii. 344.
Beachy, Hill, conversation with his wife, ii. 97; dream of, ii. 98; suspicions aroused, ii. 114; efforts to trace Magru- der's murderers, ii. 117; en- lists Tom Farrell, ii. 119; inter- view with Indian boy Jack, ii. 120; prayer, ii. 126; starts for Walla Walla, ii. 126; assisted by Capt. Ruckles, ii. 128; taken down Umatilla rapids, ii. 129; arrives at Dailes City, Oregon, ii. 130; arrives with Farrell at Portland, ii. 131; ruse for learning plans of murderers, ii. 132 ; starts over- land for San Francisco, ii. 134; admitted to murderers' cell, ii. 135; Magruder's mur- derers surrendered to him, ii.
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136; arrives at Lewiston with Howard, Lowry, Romaine, and Page, ii. 137; ruse for ascertaining guilt of prisoners, ii. 138; procures confession of Page, ii. 141; dies in San Francisco in 1875, ii. 144.
Bear River, Smith's Fork of, i. 221; Smith's Fork Bridge no- tice, i. 223; battle with In- dians at, i. 337.
Beaverhead gold diggings, i. 144. Beidler, John X., meets Dutch John, ii. 44; meets Dutch John in Beaver Cañon, ii. 147 ; explains his feeling for mur- derers, ii. 206; at Fort Benton, ii. 321 ; arrests John Leech at Helena, ii. 326.
Bell, Wm. HI., funeral of, i. 320.
Be-net-see, first discoverer of gold, i. 212.
Berkeley, Bishop, his prophecy, ii. 454.
Berry, John and Joseph, robbed, i. 134.
Birthplace of Joseph A. Slade, ii. 288.
Bissell, Dr. Edward, leaves Den- ver for Northern mines, i. 219; changes Varina to Virginia City, i. 354; advice to South- mayd, i. 417.
Blackburn sheriff of Carson City, i. 117; is killed by May- field, i. 118.
Blackfeet Indians, i. 233, 237.
Blackfoot City, trial at, i. 258.
Blaine, IIon. James G., speech of, i. 71.
Blake, A. S., i. 215.
Bledsoe, Matt, kills a miner on
Whitebird Creek, i. 130; kills a man in Portland, i. 131.
Boise River, gold discoveries, i. 145.
Boise stage line, ii. 440; Vigi- lantes organize, ii. 352.
Bonaparte's proposition, i. 52. Bond, Samuel R., secretary of overland expedition, i. 231.
Boundary established, i. 30; at latitude 49°, i. 70; line be- tween English and French territory, i. 61.
Bozeman, J. M., attempted rob- bery of, ii. 37.
Branson, Henry, attempted rob- bery of, ii. 37.
Bravery of Gen. Connor, i. 348. Bray, Cornelius, trip to Pike's Peak Gulch, i. 234; night camp in cañon, i. 234; alarm of camp, i. 237 ; Blackfeet In- dians, i. 237; critical situation of, i. 238; a bold front, i. 239; arrival at Pike's Peak Gulch, i. 240.
British invasion of Louisiana threatened, i. 27.
British Columbia paper, extract from, i. 171.
Broadwater, C. A., stratagem, i. 292 : befriends Moore while sick, i. 293 ; subsequent inter- view with Moore, i. 294; starts for Deer Lodge, i. 295; camp
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on Willow Creek, i. 295; In- dian attempts to steal his horse, i. 296; shoots and wounds the Indian, i. 296; reins into camp of robbers, i. 297; coolness of, i. 298; is pursued by Geo. Ives and Johnny Cooper, i. 299; a race for life, i. 299; arrival at Cont- way's ranche, i. 300; outwits the robbers, i. 301 ; leaves Contway's by a ruse, i. 302 ; safe arrival at Deer Lodge, i. 303.
Brockie goes to Florence mines, i. 113; kills a fellow-brawler, i. 128; assaults Arthur Chap- man with deadly intent, i. 129; is killed by Chapman, i. 130. Brookie, Major, leaves Denver for Northern mines, i. 219.
Brown, George, arrest of, ii. 89; trial of, ii. 90; antecedents of, ii. 94; execution of, ii. 96. Bryan, Miss Eliza, her Sun River home, i. 147; engage- ment to Plummer, i. 147; marriage to Plummer, i. 325. Buckner, Hank, shoots Brown in Madison Valley, ii. 344; arrested and escapes, ii. 344; rearrested at Dry Creek, Idaho, ii. 345; is released on habeas corpus, ii. 345.
Bull, -, arrives at Deer Lodge in pursuit of horse thieves, i. 218; arrests Jerni- gan and Spillman, i. 218.
Bull, John, arrives in Helena
with Langford Peel, ii. 285; quarrels with Peel, ii. 285; kills Peel, ii. 286; is tried and acquitted, ii. 286.
" Bummer Dan," i. 395; ruse to escape robbery, i. 395; robbed in Rattlesnake Cañon, i. 402. Bunton, Bill, at Lewiston, i. So; a horse and cattle thief, i. 81 ; stool-pigeon, i. 404; birth- place i. 409; ranche on Rattle- snake Creek, ii. 25; arrest of, ii. 211 ; execution of, ii. 214. Bunton, Sam, birthplace of, i. 409 ; quarrels with Jason Luce, i. 408; is killed by Luce in Salt Lake City, i. 409.
Burritt, E. H., first assistant of Fisk's overland expedition, i. 230.
Burtchy, Mr., discovers George Ives in the rocks, ii. 64.
Caldwell, Tom, coach robbed, i. 415. Camp Douglas, Utah, i. 338. Cannibalism of Boone Helm, i. 167.
Captain Fisk's expedition, i. 229. Captain Samuel N. Hoyt, of Gen. Connor's command, i. 341.
Captain McLean, of Gen. Con- nor's command, i. 343.
Captain Price, of Gen. Connor's command, i. 343.
Capture of William Graves, ii. 220. Capture of Bill Hunter, ii. 228.
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Carrhart, George, quarrels with and shoots George Ives, i. 247 ; reconciled to Ives, i. 248; shot in Banfield and Sapp fight, i. 314 ; character of, i. 315.
Carroll, Mr., ransoms a white girl from Indians, i. 317.
Carson City, police of, formerly roughs, ii. 281.
Carter, Alex, accessory to mur- der of Tiebalt, ii. 83 ; arrest of, ii. 216; trial of, ii. 217 ; execu- tion of, ii. 222.
Casualties at Battle of Bear River, i. 349.
Cazzette killed by Moore and Reeves, i. 250.
Central City, Alder Gulch, i. 376. Cession of Louisiana, i. 53.
Chalmers, Horace, killed by Howard and Lowry, ii. 108.
Chalmers, Robert, killed by Howard and Lowry, ii. 108.
Chapman, Arthur, assaulted by Brockie, i. 129; kills Brockie in self-defence, i. 130.
Character of Dillingham, i. 372. Charge of Indians on Jack Sim- mons, ii. 404.
Charlton, David, engineer of overland expedition, i. 231.
Chase, H. M., discovers gold on Grand Ronde River, i. 98.
Chase, Lieut., at Battle of Bear River, i. 343.
Cherokee Bob at Lewiston, i. 80; disputes Harper's claims as "chief," i. 106; his ances- try, i. 106; as a Secessionist,
i. 107; assaults the Federal soldiers, i. 108; escapes on a stolen horse, i. 110; again at Lewiston, i. 116; with May- field, i. 116; leaves for Flor- ence, i. 120; devotes himself to Cynthia, i. 122; settled in business, i. 123; saloon in Florence, i. 125; killed at Florence, i. 154; last words, i. 154; his true name, i. 154.
Chief of the gang, i. 260.
Citizens' mass meeting, i. 252.
Clancy, Judge, leaves Denver for Northern mines, i. 219. Clark, John C., shoots Ray- mond, ii. 351.
Cleveland, Jack, at Lewiston, i. 80; starts for Fort Benton, i. 146; at Sun River, i. 146; quarrels with Henry Plummer, i. 148; returns to Bannack with Plummer, i. 148; pro- claims himself " chief," i. 243; covert threat, i. 243; sus- pected of murdering George Evans, i. 243; quarrels with Jeff Perkins, i. 244; is shot by Plummer, i. 244; sends to Plummer for his blankets, i. 245; taken care of by Craw- ford and Phleger, i. 245 ; dies in Crawford's cabin, i. 246; buried by Crawford, i. 246.
Club-foot George (Geo. Lane), escape of, i. 138; is sent to Bannack for Plummer, ii. 66; arrives at Bannack, ii. 78;
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arrest of, ii. 187; execution of, ii. 201.
Coach robberies, i. 393.
Columbia River, i. 19; discovery of its mouth, i. 63; pack- trains, i. 133.
Commandments, the miners', i. 336.
Commissary of inquisition, i. 19.
Commissioners appointed to set- tle northwest boundary, i. 66. Companions of Boone Helm, i. I60.
Complaint of Nez Perce Indians, i. 84.
Confession of Frank Williams,
ii. 426; of the Mexicans, ii. 370.
Confidence in the Government, i. 28; of the Indians, i. 342. Congress, action of, concerning Louisiana, i. 56.
Congressional debates on Lou- isiana, i. 48.
Conley, suffering in Leaven- worth, ii. 271; is relieved by Langford Peel, ii. 271; in- gratitude, ii. 273.
Connor, Gen. P. Edward, i. 338; his strategy, i. 342; his bravery at Bear River, i. 348; his conduct of the battle, i. 348.
Consultation of citizens, ii. 83. Contemplated attack on Winne- muck's band, i. 316.
Contway, David, ranche on Deer Lodge River, i. 298;
assists Broadwater to escape, i. 302.
Conviction and escape of Lyons and Stinson, i. 364.
Conviction of James Daniels by the court, ii. 337.
Cook, C. W., explorations, ii. 376.
Cooper, Johnny, arrest of, ii. 217; trial of, ii. 218; execu- tion of, ii. 223; his nativity, ii. 223.
Copley, George, appointed pros- ecuting attorney, i. 262; at- tempts to arrest Pizanthia, ii. 175; is killed by Pizanthia. ii. 175.
Covert threat of Cleveland, i. 243.
Crawford, Hank, his interview with Plummer, i. 245; takes care of Cleveland, i. 246; elec- ted sheriff at trial of Moore and Reeves, i. 262; abuse of by roughs, i. 264; his expo- sures, i. 269; encounter with Plummer, i. 275; shoots and severely wounds Plummer, i. 281 ; starts for Fort Benton, i. 282 ; is pursued by roughs but escapes, i. 282.
Crawford and Phleger, i. 268.
Crisman, George: Plummer seeks safety by associating his name with members of his gang, ii. 78.
Critical situation, i. 238.
Crossing of Smith's Fork of Bear River, i. 221.
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Cruelty of Patterson, i. 201. Cynthia, goes to Florence mines, i. 120; at New Year's ball, i. 151 ; expelled from ball-room, i. 152; joins Bill Mayfield, i. 154.
Dance and Stuart, their business watched by Club-foot George, i. 391.
Dance, Hon. Walter B., arrives at Deer Lodge, i. 216; life threatened by roughs, i. 307; his fearlessness, i. 307; en- counter with Plummer, i. 308; held in fear by the roughs, i. 308.
Daniels, James, career in Cali- fornia, ii. 336; murders Gart- ley, ii. 336; trial of, ii. 337; conviction and sentence of, ii. 337 ; pardon by Gov. Mea- gher, ii. 338; hanged in Hel- ena, ii. 338.
Daly, Peter, his ranche, i. 377.
Davenport pursues Moore and Reeves to Rattlesnake, i. 253; robbed by Plummer, ¿. 310. Davis, Alex, Judge, defends Geo. Ives, ii. 68; orders arrest of Slade, ii. 313 ; fearlessness of, ii. 315; intercedes for Slade, ii. 317.
Daylight theft of a horse, i. S7. Death of Thurmond, ii. 234; of Wm. H. Bell at Bannack, i. 320.
Debates in Congress on Louisi- ana, i. 48.
Decay of mining camps, i. 149.
Defining boundary between
Spanish territory and the United States, i. 67.
Dempsey's ranche, i. 377.
Departure of troops for Bear River, i. 341.
Description of Alder Gulch, i. 378.
Design of desperadoes to kiil Ford, i. 101.
Desperate attack of Indians, ii. 400.
Desperate fighting, i. 345. Devices of robbers, i. 394. Devices to escape robbery, i. 3SS.
Dibb, Dr. W. D., surgeon of overland expedition, i. 231.
Difficulties of mountain travel, i. 220.
Dillingham appointed deputy sheriff, i. 354 ; apprises Staple- ton of plan to rob him, i. 354; shot by Lyons, Stinson and Forbes, i. 360; his character, i. 372 ; letter from his father, i. 373.
Dimsdale, Prof. Thos. J., opin- ions of, i. 267.
Dinan killed in Port Neuf Cañon, ii. 425.
Disasters to emigrants, i. 143.
Discovery of Alder Gulch, i. 352; of body of Capt. Ben. Osborne, ii. 372 ; of mouth of Columbia River, i. 63.
Disheartening prospects, i. 232.
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Disinterested opinion concern- | Dutch John attacks Moody's ing Slade, ii. 320.
Dissatisfaction of Western set- tlers, i. 6.
Dixon, John, hanged by Boise Vigilantes, ii. 352.
Domestic history, A, i. 78.
Donohue kills Patterson, i. 209; is tried for killing Patterson, i. 210; escape of, i. 210.
Dorsett, Rudolph, comes to Bannack in 1863, ii. 258; pros- pecting on Big Boulder with John White, ii. 258; returns to Virginia City with Kelley, ii. 259; discovers Kelley with stolen mule, ii. 261; joins White in pursuing thief, ii. 261; anxiety concerning, ii. 262; discovery of his body, ii. 264; is buried at Virginia City, ii. 265; manner of his death, ii. 265.
Dougherty, Patrick, trip to Pike's Peak Gulch, i. 234; night camp in cañon, i. 234; alarm in camp, i. 237; Black- feet Indians, i. 237; critical situation, i. 238; a bold front, i. 239; safe arrival in Pike's Peak Gulch, i. 240.
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